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A glass prism shows colors when light passes through it because of its density, the makeup of glass reflects certain colors and alters them to make a pattern like a rainbow.

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What material allows some light to pass through it?

the material glass allows light to pass through it. when it passes through it changes the light into the colours of the rainbow. the colours come because the glass splits the light.


How can you prove that white light is composed of several colours?

You may use a glass prism and shine a white light through it. You will notice that there is rainbow of colours on the wall.


What is the break up of white light into seven colours?

It is the refraction of white light being shone through a glass prism, or a raindrop, that separates the white light into the colours of the rainbow.


How can you filter light to create different colors?

Shining a white light through a glass prism will split the light into rainbow colours.


What happens when a yellow light is passed through a green glass prism?

When a yellow light is passed through a green glass prism, the prism will refract the light, separating it into its component colors. In this case, the green glass will only allow green and yellow wavelengths to pass through, causing the yellow light to refract at a different angle than green light.


What is the color of light?

Red.


If light traveling through air is then passed through glass what is the result?

the light slows in speed and refracts due to glass being denser than air.


Why do colors combined make white?

That is not true. If you are talking about all the colours of light in the spectrum coming from white light that is true. When white light passes through a glass prism, it causes the light to split into different colours because of the different angles at which they refract.


Is the refractive index of glass the same for all colours of light?

No.


What happens if light is passed through a glass slab whose sides are not parallel?

it becomes kinda prism


Why are rainbows colorful?

light from the sun is know as 'white light'. it is made up of all of the colours seen in the rainbow. when it rains, the light is split up into these different colours in the same way it would if you passed light through a glass prism. Therefore light splits up into its individual colours when it rains, and this is what a rainbow is.


What happens when you make a rainbow with the help of a glass of water and sunlight?

The sunlight hits the glass of water and then the light disperses out as a spectrum of colour (rainbow). This is because sunlight is white light and white light contains the 7 colours of the rainbow. When it hits the glass the colours refract and disperse out as the spectrum of colours, which we see as a rainbow.